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Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have apprehended three men for beating a 23-year-old man, Samuel Ajibade, to death over an alleged phone theft.
The suspects narrowly escaped being lynched by an irate mob following their arrest by police.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
Oyeyemi said the suspects, Ugo Obi, Chinonso Jude and Chibuke Samson, were residents of MTN Street, Iju-Ota in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.
The PPRO said the police got the report of the incident from the father of the deceased, Gbenga Ajibade.